Statement from the Autonomous Winter Shelter crew: Following the violent eviction on 1st June 2023 by the Metropolitan Police, the Autonomous Winter Shelter collective, based in Shadwell, is taking a break from its public-facing activities after an incredibly busy seven months. We are all dealing with the consequences of this eviction differently, and some of […]
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London: Violent eviction of Autonomous Winter Shelter
London: Autonomous Winter Shelter evicted
The Autonomous Winter Shelter [previously on S!N] was evicted April 7.
London: Update from Autonomous Winter Shelter
Good morning everyone, I hope you’re all well. 115 Grays Inn road (an old stmungos hostel, now taken over by one housing and the Riverside group) has been taken over by a group of people looking out for others safety and well-being, in protest to the housing crisis and opened it to the homeless. We […]
London: Autonomous Winter Shelter opened in former St. Mungo’s hostel
Freedom has received the following communique: There were over 2688 people recorded to be sleeping rough in London on any one night in 2020. The temperature at night will be cold enough to cause hypothermia for 23 days this month. That’s 23 days where there’s a real possibility that someone sleeping on the street may […]
London: “Don’t worry, we’re autonomous”. Winter shelter evicted
Around 30 people have been evicted from an autonomously organised shelter in North London. At 9am on Thursday 7th April agents of the National Eviction Team and notorious eviction magnate Andrew Marsh, smashed their way through barricades to enforce a High Court writ despite repeated attempts by the occupiers to enter into dialogue with the […]
London: The Autonomous Cafe & Bookshop returns
The Autonomous Cafe & Bookshop is re-opening this Wednesday [Dec 14] at 88 Hardinge Street, Shadwell. It will continue to provide liberated coffee and food on a pay-what-you-can basis, and serve as a warm bank for the increasing numbers of people unable to access heating. Doors will open from 2pm, and there will be an […]
London: autonomous bookshop & cafe to open on Westminster Bridge Road
[update: court case Autonomous Cafe & Bookshop on november 25th] Winter is coming, and that means the autonomous shelter season is upon us once again. Last year a St. Mungo’s hostel in Gray’s Inn Road was occupied from December to April, before exploding into a small network of interlinked shelters across Central and East London. […]
London: “Fuck the bosses:” evictions exceeded by new occupations by Autonomous Shelter Network
The eviction of the winter shelter on Gray’s Inn Road on April 7th and 2 other longer-lasting squats in London have lead to approximately 5 more locations being opened and brought back into use by houseless and precarious persons to provide food, clothes and shelter within our community. The disused buildings were occupied and activated […]
Brighton: Don’t despair, organise! DIY Kodak Collective squatted night shelter
London Road in Brighton is a clear example of the austerity crisis in Britain. The road is lined with closed businesses and people in every doorway. On Christmas Eve, a group of community activists opened the doors to a squatted night shelter with a sign that read “Room at the Inn”, inviting rough sleepers to […]
London: The Met shows its true nature…yet again
The Metropolitan Police deployed its riot cops recently in a disturbing show of force. A group of homeless people calling themselves the Autonomous Winter Shelter (AWS) occupied the disused Sisters of Mercy convent in Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, London in November 2022. The owner sent a complaint to the Met in December. They subsequently carried out […]
Susa Valley: barricading weekend on the border
October 01-03, weekend to build barricades at the occupied house on the border, we want to invite anyone interested to give us a hand to make the house safer, before winter! We are waiting for you ! Yallah, the autonomous occupied shelter, is in Cesana-Torinese, between Oulx and Claviere, Italy. This house is owned by […]
Brighton: As council seals arches, where do the people go?
On Thursday 12th and Friday 13th several arches and shelters above Madeira Drive, at Black Rock, spaces which had housed a community of people over the summer were sealed off with metal grilles — the question has to be where are those people now? [UPDATE the grilles were taken down again a week later] This […]
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